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Devil May Cry
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Dante (voice)
12 eps
Misato Fukuen
Patty Lowell (voice)
12 eps
Akio Otsuka
Morisson (voice)
12 eps
Fumiko Orikasa
Lady (voice)
12 eps
Atsuko Tanaka
Trish (voice)
12 eps
Nachi Nozawa
Cid (voice)
12 eps
Aya Hisakawa
Nina Lowell (voice)
12 eps
Tomokazu Seki
Vincent
1 eps
Takashi Oohara
Customer A
1 eps
Kenji Nomura
Brian (voice)
1 eps
Hirofumi Nojima
Brad (voice)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Devil May Cry actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Devil May Cry reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The adventures of the demon hunter Dante who himself is half demon and half human.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 12 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200712 episodes
5.8IMDbDante, a demon hunter, runs an agency called “Devil May Cry”. He is hired to protect Patty Lowell, a little orphan girl who has just received her late father's entire estate. At the same time as Patty wants to find her mother, her relatives and the demons want to kill her in order to keep the inheritance that was meant for her. To top it off, the demons want the mysterious necklace that the helpless little girl is wearing. What could be so important about this jewel?
Best episode · S01E04 Rolling Thunder
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Rolling Thunder
Lady meets up with a strange demon-woman who has a lightning-like technique. Later it's revealed that the strange woman is Trish, Dante's former partner.
- Directed by Kenichi Kawamura
- Written by Bingo Morihashi
S01E03
Not Love
The daughter of the mayor starts seeing a mysterious man behind her father's back. Under suspicions that the man is a demon in disguise, Dante is sent to investigate, and ends up entangled in something bigger than just a love affair.
- Directed by 中山贤
- Written by Bingo Morihashi
S01E05
In Private
Dante finds himself followed by a customer from a local diner, who is trying to find out the devil hunter's secrets, in order to impress a local waitress whom he likes.
- Directed by Yoshitaka Makino
- Written by Shoutarou Suga
S01E06
Rock Queen
Dante is hired to protect treasure hunters from a sonic demon. Flashbacks show how a rock queen, Elena Hudson, was willing to give everything to be popular, only to see her fans become violent zombies addicted to her music, and Elena herself become absorbed by the demon.
- Directed by Fumie Muroi
- Written by Ichirō Sakaki
S01E12
Stylish
With Dante impaled and crucified in the demon dimension, it's up to Lady, Trish, Morrison and Patty to hold off Sid/Abigail's final assault on the world.
- Directed by Kenichi Kawamura, Shin Itagaki
- Written by Bingo Morihashi
S01E11
Showtime
Dante encounters Patty's mother, and Sid's carefully laid plans come to fruition as he finally harnesses the power of Abigail, a demon that fought against Mundus.
- Written by Bingo Morihashi
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
Stylish
- Directed by Kenichi Kawamura, Shin Itagaki
- Written by Bingo Morihashi
S01E10
The Last Promise
- Directed by Toru Takahashi
- Written by Shoutarou Suga
S01E07
Wishes Come True
- Directed by Takayuki Inagaki
- Written by Toshiki Inoue
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Bingo MorihashiWriter
- Shoutarou SugaWriter
- Toshiki InoueWriter
- Ichirō SakakiWriter
Direction
- Kenichi KawamuraDirector
- Yoshitaka MakinoDirector
- Jun FukudaDirector
- Shin ItagakiDirector
- Toru TakahashiDirector
- Fumie MuroiDirector
Cinematography
- Kazuyuki OotaDirector of Photography
Recognition
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
The Game Awards − Best Adaptation
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- NomineeThe Game Awards − Best Adaptation2025
Devil May Cry · Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
Where to watch
Streaming
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